C-FOCA. Boeing 767-375ER. c/n 24575-311.

 

This aircraft was ordered new by Canadian Airlines International - ?

Entered onto the Canadian Aircraft Register as C-FOCA - March 10, 1990

Registered to Canadian Airlines International Limited, Vancouver, BC

First flown at Everett (Paine Field) - May 31, 1990

Delivered to Canadian Airlines at Vancouver - June 12, 1990

Operated first revenue service - ?

Air Canada announced that they were acquiring Canadian Airlines International - January 04, 2000

The official merger of Air Canada and Canadian Airlines International took place - Mrch 29, 2001

Registered to Air Canada, Dorval, Quebec - April 04, 2001

Following the collapse of Ansett Australia in September 2001 Qantas Airways wet-leased seven Boeing 767-300s

from Air Canada on short-term leases to cover its capacity shortfall on the trans-Tasman and the trans-Pacific route

to Honolulu while it moved its own aircraft to cover its Australian domestic operations

Wet-leased to Qantas Airways - October 24, 2001 to February 08, 2002

It was operated in the standard Air Canada livery without any additional markings

During the wet-lease the Air Canada aircraft were mainly deployed on the following routes:

Christchurch - Sydney - Christchurch - Sydney - Christchurch as QF66 / QF45 / QF46 / QF65

Auckland - Sydney - Auckland - Sydney - Auckland as QF40 / QF119 / QF120 / QF49

Auckland - Melbourne - Auckland - Melbourne - Auckland as QF34 / QF33 / QF134 / QF39

Sydney - Hololulu - Sydney service as QF3 / QF4

This aircraft was returned to Air Canada at the end of the wet-lease - February 09, 2002

Current with Air Canada

 

 

C-FOCA. Canadian - in the standard livery at Munich Airport, August 1991.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4655-219.)